Roses's Dark Knight

Rose

I opened my eyes slowly. It felt like I had dinosaurs on my eyelids keeping them closed. I don’t know how a dinosaur would keep my eyelid closed with its tiny hands. But that is how it felt. And my body, it feels like I hit the gym and did a full body workout after not going for a few days. I feel parts of my body I didn’t even know I had. But at the same time, I feel so good, like everything is new, stronger. Was it something I ate? Oh, let it be some kind of yummy food making me feel better.

Actually, I feel better than I have in a long time.

Like I slept in the clouds. With soft matrices, and pillows you can hug and squeeze tight. Why is my pillow to hard?

As I open my eye a little, I can see that my pillow is hard because it’s not a pillow.

He looks so cute when he is sleeping. His lashes are so long and black. I wish I had those lashes. Is it wrong to envy a man because he has gorgeous lashes? While I have to put on a ton of mascara to make them look good.

Ugh, men.

He is still sleeping. I wonder if I can make it like Houdini and escape to take a shower. A hot, hot, hot, not so hot shower. You know how hot I mean.

Easy does it. First remove hands from his chest, get up slowly, next are my feet, get them slowly out of the bed, and now slowly and gracefully step towards the bathroom. Without making noise. Come on, I can do it. So far so good.

My mistake was turning to look at Matteo. I slipped and fell on my behind. Waking him up, and startling him. He rushed to me, very worried, inspecting every inch of my body.

Lifting me in his arms like I am a little puppy.

He didn’t say a word, he just looked at me.

„Are you okay?” his voice was shaky, what happened. Why is he so scarred? His eyes filled with concern.

„Uhm, yes, sorry to scare you. I just wanted to go to the bathroom and I slipped. No need …” I am okay, why is he acting like this?

„Not that. I mean are you okay? You have been sleeping for 3 days straight.” Matteo said

„What now?” I don’t believe it, or maybe that explains why I have been feeling so energized.

How do I answer to that? I have been sleeping for 3 days. But I feel fine.

„Okay… Now can I go to the bathroom and take a shower?” I do want to take that shower, alone, like this hot shower will was away all my bad thoughts.

„Are you sure you are, okay?” Matteo asks again, and it starts to make me a little exasperated.

„Yes. I am fine!” I stressed that last fine and he looked at me once over and let me go.

„I am going to the kitchen. Meet you downstairs. Can you walk downstairs without falling?” I think he wants me to get angry with him, because he gave me the question with a spark of mischief in his eyes. I guess he is happy I woke up and that I am fine.

„Of course, I can. What am I? A child? No, do not dare answer that. I will be fine. Meet you in the kitchen.” I say, all anger lost in front of his sparkly eyes, he can be so cute when he wants to.

------------------------------------------

The shower was great, it relaxed me. Now to go to the kitchen and get some food. I am starving.

Going down the stairs I notice there are no pack members. There are usually out and about at this hour. Weird. But as I get to the kitchen door all noise stops. Like they were talking about something and they don’t want me to know.

„What are you all talking about?” I ask no one in particular. Just hope one will answer.

„What do you mean?” Matteo is next to me and puts an arm around my middle.

„I mean that I heard you talking and as soon as you sensed me you stopped. Were you talking about me? Not that I am that important but it’s weird.” I say looking at all of them to see who feels more guilty.

„Actually, we were talking about you. And for your information. You are very important!” Matteo said.

That was easy. Making them admit to talking about me.

„What about? What were you talking about?” I want to find out more, not just the fact that they were talking about me.

„I was talking to the elders about you. Why you have slept for 3 days? And about a demon that made a threat to kill the pack if I don’t hand you to him.” Matteo said, looking at me with cold eyes. He wants to know what I found out.

^Liar. ^ Who said that? Did I just hear someone in my head?

^Me. ^ Who me? Your voice is familiar. Who are you?

^I am a little disappointed you forgot about me, my dear. ^ Lucian? But how? In my head?

^Yes, my dear. In your head. I believe the term is telepathically. And I hope you can feel that Matteo is being dishonest. He is trying to fish out how much you know. ^

I did not get to continue my conversation with Lucian because everyone in the kitchen was looking at me, Matteo was concerned, Santo was unsure what just happened, and the others were just looking at me, I guess.

„Sorry, I spaced out a little. What were you saying?” I ask looking at Matteo and then Santo.

„I was asking about breakfast. What do you want to eat? So that after we can go to my office and talk about all of this. About what happened. Are you okay with that?” Matteo had a determination in his voice that I can’t say no without making a lot of problems for me. I wonder when did he start acting like this to me …

„Yes. Yummy. Let’s eat. I am starving.” But I am sure that they did not believe me. At least not Matteo. He looks like he is hiding something. And not because Lucian told me, but because his wolf was not reacting to me. It was like Daemon was hiding from me.